@Soarin_the_Pegasus
 
I was giving them all late sixties early seventies cars. The point with the Gremlin was that it was physically impossible to take it seriously, but it was awesome to the core. Like Pinkie.

@BarryFromMars
 
for photos of long cars

@BigMax  
Only as an option - the base Gremlins had 3.3 L inline sixes. Other city cars, such as the Ford Pinto, had I4s displacing less than two liters.

Are you ready for photos long cars?
 

 

 

 
Though sure, Two out of three of these are airport-limousine type cars.

@BigMax
 
Speaking of American cars in Europe, Here’s a photo of one of those Clamshell wagons in London (In 1989.)
 

 
@barbeque
 
And all that just for one or more passengers. (That Oldsmobile Toronado is 4581 pounds or so, BTW.) I’ve driven a 1993 Buick Roadmaster Wagon which felt so cozy that I could scarcely tell I was driving. (It was 4.4 thousand pounds, I think. And I’m talking about weight here, Not money.)
 
@Ichijoe
 
And heavy. That Toronado is close to 4.5 thousand pounds.

@BigMax  
But you do… Occasionally see a few though. Well I do here in Frankfurt (Germany), anyway though I can never quite tell if its still American owned. Now that the Millitary has done away with the “HK” Plates. “HK” used to stand for Hanauer Krise, and was only ever used by US Forces. I guess they did away with it, to conceal themselves in either “F” = Frankfurt, or “WI” = Wiesbaden. Where the last (Local Base), resides.

@BarryFromMars  
The Legendary “Blue Bomber”, Or Flat Top… Those large ’merikan Cars… Were LARGE, back then!

@barbeque  
Not to mention narrower streets in European cities. Those cars are impossible to park - or even drive comfortably - in Europe.

@BarryFromMars  
Hah. There is a multi story car park where someone had one of those uber long coupe’s as well. It had pretty much claimed a particular corner spot, the garage wasn’t set up supercramped to begin with, and even then at least the entire hood would always stick out.
 
Damn, I love those sorts of cars (others too). It’s a shame we don’t have many driving around here in Europe, one of the reasons probably being the insanely high gas prices.

@T-storm Berzerker
 
My Dad said it’s like riding a Cadillac. That model has Front-Wheel Drive, Which wasn’t as common when it was built as it is now.

@BarryFromMars  
That’s one sweet-ass pimpmobile.

@BarryFromMars
 
(I don’t think that’s a photo of the same car my Dad once owned.)

@BigMax
 
Yeah, They’re real. Those old 1971-1976 Clamshell wagons (Known as such because of the tailgate) are very popular in the Derby crowd because they’re so durable in demolition derbies.
 
On subject of large engines, My Dad had a 1970s Oldsmobile Toronado with a large engine in it, Maybe it’s a 7.5?
 

@BarryFromMars  
WHAT?!  
There are buses with smaller enginges! D:

On subject of this drawing: Is Pinkie’s pose fitting for this?

Since we’re on the subject of cars from the 1970s here, Behold a photo of a 1971 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Station Wagon:
 

 
The thing is about 19 feet long, Imagine parallel parking that land barge. And do you know what else? It gets about 10 MPG stock and has an average range of close to 185 miles on a tank of gas. (They didn’t have Overdrive, Stock.) With all that being said it’s 5,000+ pounds and has a 7.4 Litre engine in it. I’ve heard that driving in one of these things is like sitting on a living room couch; You may not even notice you’re driving and may feel more relaxed after you get out of the car than before you got in. It doesn’t have air-bags though.

@Soarin_the_Pegasus  
To The Mirth-Mobile!

@Soarin_the_Pegasus  
It was also the time of really cheap fuel. You could afford that.  
In Europe gas has always been more expensive, so we always had more compact engines… and more efficient, too.  
That’s maybe why the Gremlin later mounted the 2l Audi engine. A dwarf in comparison, less powerful but 115 kg lighter.
 
But nothing compared to modern engines, which can supply the same 122 HP of that 5 liters V8 but with just a tiny turbo-charged 1.2 litres 4 cylinder that can do 20 km with a liter of gasoline.  
Whoa, times surely have changed… for the better, this time.

Shame that AMC no longer exist though. Having been bought out by Chrysler who, basically did, what BMW did to Rover. Which was to buy the Company out, and only produce the Gems, like in AMCs case the Jeep, and in Rovers… The Mini Cooper.

@BigMax  
It was the ‘70s, we put V8’s in everything.

I would have imagined her with a Pacer.

@Ridley Wolf  
I agree with this.

“OTTO! THERE’S A GREMLIN ON THE SIDE OF THE BUS!”

I’m reading on Wikipedia that this car mounted up to a 5 l V8 engine… Haha, are you kidding me? For a city car?!
 
Only in America…

A Gremlin?  
I’ve always pictured her driving something like an old Volkswagen Microbus.